Little Big Horn – “Healing of the Horse Spirit”

Parading the Battlefield, Northern Cheyenne and Cheyenne River Sioux riders. Photo credit: Clara Cauflied (Battle of the Little Big Horn  (Crow Agency, Montana):  On June 25, 1876, thousands of tribal warriors, all horseback, filled the valley of the Little Big Horn (Greasy Grass, as the Cheyenne say), relying upon the

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Hispanic immigrants are mostly Indians

The Indio heritage of these detainees is obvious from the photo.Photo courtesy Tom Fox, AP RAPID CITY— Two salient facts stand out about immigration detention in the United States: most of the detainees come from Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, according to the website Freedom for Immigrants, and these

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Violent crime in Indian Country discussed

WASHINGTON – Attorney General William P. Barr’s Advisory Subcommittee on Native American Issues (NAIS) convened during the U.S. Attorney’s National Conference in Washington, D.C., to discuss a wide range of justice issues affecting Indian Country, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores (OK-N), Chair, and U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme (MT), Vice Chair. 

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Native Film Festival at SDPB Black Hills Studio

RAPID CITY — SDPB is honored to partner with Vision Maker Media and Native POP: People of the Plains – A Gathering of Arts & Culture to present the sixth annual Native Film Festival, Saturday, July 20, at the SDPB Black Hills Studios, 415 Main Street, Rapid City. The festival takes place during Native POP,

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Industrial Hemp Study Committee to meet

PIERRE – The Industrial Hemp Study Committee, chaired by Representative Lee Qualm (R-Platte), will hold its first meeting on Thursday, July 11, 2019, at 9:00 a.m. (CT) in Room 414 of the State Capitol in Pierre, South Dakota. The Legislature’s Executive Board selected the Industrial Hemp Study as one of

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Wounded Knee descendants want massacre medals revoked

The Wounded Knee Cemetery on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.Photo: Adam Singer WASHINGTON – Descendants of the Wounded Knee Massacre are in the nation’s capital to discuss efforts to rescind the Medals of Honor awarded to the soldiers who participated in the slaughter of their ancestors on December

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Open House for new VA clinic

The Department of Veterans Affairs Black Hills Health Care System and STG International, Inc. (STGi) will host an Open House to welcome Veterans to the new location of the VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic serving the Pierre area. The Open House will be held on Tuesday July 2, 2019 from

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Crow Tribe’s Statement Regarding Head Start

Alvin Not Afraid Jr., Chairman of the Crow Tribe Chairman Not Afraid recently commented on the recent Billings Gazette front-page article regarding Crow Head Start: “I would like to address allegations made by the Billings Gazette. Let me be clear: I never authorized the use of Head Start funds to

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Transcript of Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)

ARTICLES OF A TREATY MADE AND CONCLUDED BY AND BETWEEN Lieutenant General William T. Sherman, General William S. Harney, General Alfred H. Terry, General O. O. Augur, J. B. Henderson, Nathaniel G. Taylor, John G. Sanborn, and Samuel F. Tappan, duly appointed commissioners on the part of the United States,

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‘We’re getting it done’

Leaders of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians went tto Capitol Hill at the end of the 115th Congress to lobby for their federal recongnition bill but it didnt pass. They are optimistic about success in the current session.Photo: Rep. Greg Gianforte Federal recognition for Montana’s Little Shell Band

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